1987 My Era

Chapter 623, The Belonging of the Eldest Son

For several days in a row, he spent his days at New Future Tutoring School, carefully checking study abroad textbooks and various tutoring books. When he found areas for improvement, he would point them out to ensure that he truly identified and filled any gaps in his knowledge.

After dinner, he would take Zijing, who had just returned from school, for a stroll around the area.

This time, he didn't plan to go to Peking University or see Song Yu. Instead, he focused all his energy on Zijing. He felt indebted to the woman who had been with him the first, the woman who had borne him children the first time in his previous life, both in this life and the next.

And it's the kind of debt that you can never fully repay.

Sometimes he thought that if there were an afterlife, and if she wasn't born into the Chen family, he would definitely marry her once, to achieve the same fairness as with Xiao Han and Song Yu.

He hadn't spent so much time with her since the summer after her second year of high school, and Chen Zijin seemed especially happy.

One night, as she lay on her back looking at the man on top of her, she suddenly said emotionally, "Honey, I have a question for you."

Li Heng blinked and said, "Such polite words don't sound like you. Speak."

Chen Zijin said, "Lately, I tend to overthink things. I feel like I'm not as carefree as before. Does this mean I've matured?"

Li Heng reached out and pinched it, saying with great satisfaction, "It's already ripe."

Chen Zijin gave him a playful glare, then fell silent. She hesitated several times before finally mustering her courage and saying, "Honey, can you keep the first child for me?"

Li Heng froze, staring at her intently, a strange pang of sorrow gripping his heart.

This time, Chen Zijin didn't back down. She gazed at him intently, her eyes filled with deep affection.

She understood that when she said those words, it meant, to some extent, that she was withdrawing from the competition with Xiao Han and Song Yu.

After much reflection, she realized that her mother had become her Achilles' heel. For the past two years, he had not visited the Chen family, and neither Uncle Jianguo nor Aunt Tian had asked him to go. In fact, many things were already self-evident.

Although Chen Zijing was deeply resentful, she couldn't blame her man and the Li family for all of this. She could only hate herself for not being able to choose her birth. Otherwise, she would have stayed by his side through junior high, high school, and university, never abandoning him, and things wouldn't be like this now.

One wrong step, one wrong step!

She was very frustrated, but with her own mother on her left and her husband on her right, she had no way to express her grievances. In the end, she could only swallow all her grievances and bear them alone.

During this time, she had weighed the options repeatedly. His decision to go to Shanghai for the college entrance examination instead of coming to Beijing to be with her proved that Xiao Han was very attractive to him, and that she probably wouldn't stand a chance against Xiao Han.

As for Song Yu, who was also in the capital, she had no chance of competing. She considered herself to be a top-notch beauty and temperament, and she would be the center of attention wherever she went. But alas, that was Song Yu.

How many women in this world can rival Song Yu in beauty?
How many women in this world can rival Song Yu's attractiveness to men?

With Xiao Han to the south, Song Yu to the north, the Chen family dragging her down, and Teacher Yu who completely overwhelmed her, Chen Zijing suddenly felt powerless and resigned to her fate.

In her past life, Chen Zijing never admitted defeat and always wanted to compete with Xiao Han and Song Yu, because Li Heng in that life was just an ordinary man. Even if the Chen family behind her held her back, it couldn't shake her determination. But in this life, Li Heng has soared to great heights, becoming a world-renowned, exceptionally high-quality man. Besides Song Yu and Xiao Han, even the eldest daughter of the Yu family, whom the Chen family dared not challenge, has gotten involved. There's also a potential formidable rival, Zhou Shihe. She wouldn't stand a chance against any one of these four women. Thinking about it, she suddenly felt discouraged.

She knew that her struggles were pointless and would only gradually diminish the bond between them, the fact that she was his first woman, and would only diminish his affection for her.

Therefore, she decided to make a tough decision and plan ahead for her future.

Of course, there was another reason that prompted her to do this: she received a call from Xiao Han a few days ago.

During the phone call, Xiao Han inquired about Huang Zhaoyi.
Although Xiao Han was only inquiring, Chen Zijin felt a chill run down her spine and suddenly realized that Huang Zhaoyi had most likely been captured by her man.

There are reasons for this judgment:
Firstly, when Huang Zhaoyi came to Beijing to perform, she would visit the Li family in Gulou every few days, sometimes even bringing gifts. Now, her relationship with Aunt Tian and her second sister is steadily growing.

This was clearly for some ulterior motive; otherwise, why would a woman from the prestigious Huang family try to curry favor with Aunt Tian?

Previously, she hadn't realized this; she only thought that Consort Huang was easy to get along with.

But now, she suddenly realized that it wasn't like that at all. Huang Zhaoyi was like a spider hiding in a corner, building a web of relationships invisibly, and ensnaring her future mother-in-law, father-in-law, and second sister-in-law.

The second reason is that Huang Zhaoyi would occasionally bring over some kitchen condiments such as chili sauce.

Why is the other person, a native of Shanghai, suddenly interested in Hunan-style seasonings?
Is it really because of his exceptional insight that he was able to sniff out a huge business opportunity from thousands of miles away?

Is it really unrelated to Li Heng, who is from Hunan?
Upon closer examination, the answer is almost certainly yes. Huang Zhaoyi likely started the "Weihaomei" company specifically to target Li Heng.

Or perhaps Li Hengdu owns shares in McCormick.

With Yu Shuheng already firmly in the game, and Zhou Shihe, a top performer in every aspect, eyeing them covetously, and now another woman from the Huang family joining the fray, Chen Zijin felt like dying. She felt that compared to them, her Chen family was nothing at all, like an ant trying to shake a tree.

Besides, this insignificant Chen family not only did not help her romantic progress, but also repeatedly hindered her. How could she possibly compete with them?

What else can she use to fight back?

Considering that Huang Zhaoyi is 33 years old this year, Chen Zijin inexplicably thought of the matter of "children". Although Yu Shuheng is also 26 years old, she still wears the skin of a university teacher. With this skin, she will not openly have a child for him.

But Huang Zhaoyi doesn't have so many concerns. She probably won't take any safety precautions when she's in bed with her man.

As someone with experience, she knew better than anyone that her husband preferred real sex in bed, not slack, which was very dangerous. Who knew when Consort Huang might get pregnant.

Therefore, when she was inferior to those powerful rivals in terms of family background, appearance, talent and temperament, Chen Zijin, who endured humiliation and hardship, chose to temporarily avoid the limelight and open up another track to demand the initiative of "the eldest son of the Li family" from him.

Looking at the woman who had followed him faithfully in both lifetimes, and the woman who had been with him the earliest in both lifetimes, Li Heng felt extremely complicated: If Zijing hadn't been so wronged, if Zijing hadn't felt so insecure, she would never have made such a request.

(End of this chapter)